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Elon Musk: Tesla semi truck event will “blow your mind”

RenewEconomy - Tue, 2017-11-14 13:24
Elon Musk tweets that the Tesla Semi Truck unveiling will “blow your mind clear out of your skull and into an alternate dimension.” Let's see.
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Carnegie jacks up CETO capacity in bid to take wave power mainstream

RenewEconomy - Tue, 2017-11-14 13:17
Carnegie boosts nominal capacity of CETO unit from 1GW to 1.5MW, in bid to make wave power cost competitive with mainstream renewables.
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RCR preferred contractor for the Clermont and Woman solar farm projects

RenewEconomy - Tue, 2017-11-14 12:52
RCR is pleased to announce that it has been selected as the Preferred EPC Contractor for two major contracts, totalling approximately $260 million.
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Hear from Leading Solar Researchers in Melbourne in December 2017

RenewEconomy - Tue, 2017-11-14 11:39
The rate of change of progress is rapid and to stay current with the latest in technology developments and deployment, each year, Australia's leading solar researchers get together in an annual conference, with international and regional colleagues.
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Singing protest at pro-coal UN event

BBC - Tue, 2017-11-14 11:27
US officials were arguing for the continued use of coal at a UN meeting in Bonn, Germany.
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High energy costs make vulnerable households reluctant to use air conditioning: study

The Conversation - Tue, 2017-11-14 11:19
Cooling off this summer will be more expensive than ever, putting at risk the very young, the elderly and people with health conditions. Larissa Nicholls, Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Halley McCann, Researcher at the Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Karyn Bosomworth, Vice-Chancellor's Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Yolande Strengers, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Why do people still think the Earth is flat?

BBC - Tue, 2017-11-14 10:56
This social media community has come together for the first time in North Carolina to discuss their shared belief.
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Lincoln Gap may treble battery size, as wind and solar lead new era

RenewEconomy - Tue, 2017-11-14 10:09
Lincoln Gap wind farm may treble amount of battery storage, as it seeks new formula to escape dominance of big energy retailers.
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Even IEA says coal boom is dead, hails the solar age

RenewEconomy - Tue, 2017-11-14 10:02
Even the conservative IEA is calling the end of the coal era, and hailing new age of renewables as the world addresses climate, energy poverty and health.
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Sungrow’s ESS system – PowCube4.8 Launch

RenewEconomy - Tue, 2017-11-14 09:56
Sungrow presents its residential energy storage system (ESS) - the PowCube4.8.
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Trump team holds pro-coal event at Bonn climate conference

RenewEconomy - Tue, 2017-11-14 09:55
Trump's promotion of coal fired generation at Paris climate agreement compared to "promoting tobacco at a cancer summit."
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NEG will shift emissions burden on other industry sectors

RenewEconomy - Tue, 2017-11-14 09:52
There is strong potential for domestic offsets to be the marginal source of emissions reductions in the Australian market.
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2017 in energy efficiency: Smart energy management steps up

RenewEconomy - Tue, 2017-11-14 09:47
The market for smart energy management in Australia is taking off, as energy users act to take control of their energy costs.
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“Hazelwood effect” a blip on Australia’s worsening emissions profile

RenewEconomy - Tue, 2017-11-14 09:44
Increased use of fossil fuels is driving global emissions up by 2% this year, upsetting what had been a three-year plateau. Meanwhile, in Australia...
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Parramatta Female Factory and Institutions Precinct added to the National Heritage List

Department of the Environment - Tue, 2017-11-14 09:05
The Precinct, which housed female convicts, orphaned children, and vulnerable girls and young women, is a leading example of a site which demonstrates Australia’s social welfare history. This place is now the 113th place included on the National...
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'World's oldest wine' found in 8,000-year-old jars in Georgia

BBC - Tue, 2017-11-14 08:47
Pottery found near Tbilisi shows wine-making was taking place 8,000 years ago, scientists say.
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Labour vows to factor climate change risk into economic forecasts

The Guardian - Tue, 2017-11-14 08:29

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell to say ‘overwhelming challenge of climate change’ must be addressed from very centre of government

The risk posed by climate change would be factored into projections from the government’s independent economic forecaster if Labour took office, the shadow chancellor will announce on Tuesday.

John McDonnell will highlight the human and economic costs of manmade climate change, calling it the “greatest single public challenge” and say the government should include the fiscal risks posed by global warming in future forecasts.

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'Tobacco at a cancer summit': Trump coal push savaged at climate conference

The Guardian - Tue, 2017-11-14 07:40

The US administration’s attempt to portray fossil fuels as vital to reducing poverty and saving US jobs is ridiculed in Bonn

The Trump team was heckled and interrupted by a protest song at the UN’s climate change summit in Bonn on Monday after using its only official appearance to say fossil fuels were vital to reducing poverty around the world and to saving jobs in the US.

While Donald Trump’s special adviser on energy and environment, David Banks, said cutting emissions was a US priority, “energy security, economic prosperity are higher priorities”, he said. “The president has a responsibility to protect jobs and industry across the country.”

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Antarctica's warm underbelly revealed

BBC - Tue, 2017-11-14 00:08
Scientists make the most detailed map yet of the heat rising under the ice sheet from rocks below.
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On climate and global leadership, it's America Last until 2020 | Dana Nuccitelli

The Guardian - Mon, 2017-11-13 21:00

America is deeply divided, but climate-denying Republicans are losing their grip on power

Five months ago, Trump quickly cemented his legacy as the country’s worst-ever president by inexplicably starting the process to withdraw from the Paris climate accords. With even war-torn Syria now signing the agreement, the leadership of every world country has announced its intent to tackle the existential threat posed by human-caused climate change, except the United States.

It's the US vs. the rest of the world, as Syria agrees to sign Paris climate accord https://t.co/Q1tkxuiHas pic.twitter.com/hnV2wHmLHL

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